It will take you a million light years from home. But will it bring you back?
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, epic and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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- The New York TimesCaryn JamesOct 1994Romancing a Stone To Get to Outer Space
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Cast
- James SpaderDr. Daniel Jackson
- Kurt RussellColonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
- Jaye DavidsonRa
- Viveca LindforsCatherine
- Alexis CruzSkaara
- Mili AvitalSha'uri
- Erick AvariKasuf
- John DiehlLieutenant Kawalsky
- Djimon HounsouHorus
- Carlos LauchuAnubis
Crew
- Roland EmmerichDirector
- Roland EmmerichScreenplay
- Dean DevlinScreenplay
- Karl Walter LindenlaubDirector of Photography
- David ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
- Michael J. DuthieEditor
- Derek BrechinEditor
- Joel B. MichaelsProducer
- Dean DevlinProducer
- Oliver EberleProducer
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